-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A tropical depression that is likely to become a tropical storm by Sunday has areas of the islands of the Bahamas on guard .

The Bahamian government issued a tropical storm warning Saturday evening for portions of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos .

CNN Meteorologist Jennifer Gray said Saturday the storm is a bit `` ragged '' but over the next day or so is likely to organize and strengthen .

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast track , the storm is likely to stay just east of the United States ' Atlantic coast .

However , Gray said any sort of deviation from the forecast path later this week could result in high surf and rip currents in areas along the U.S. coast .

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Tropical depression is likely to become a tropical storm by Sunday

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Tropical storm warnings have been issued in parts of the Bahamas

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NWS forecast puts the storm east of the United States early next week